Green Sheet – 11th May 2025

Cheshire South Circuit – Audlem Mission Area

www.audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk

(Minister: Rev Robin Fox. Tel: 01270 812820 email: minister@audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk)
Newsletter for Audlem, Hankelow & Hatherton Methodist Churches
For the week commencing Sunday 11 May 2025 Services today

Audlem: Rev Frances Biseker leads this morning's service

HYMNS: 297 712 625 418

Hankelow with Woore: Robin leads today's service

Next Sunday
Audlem: Robin will lead the Early Communion service at 8.30am and Morning service will be led by Maureen Morgan
Three T's meet as usual at 3pm at Moorsfield Drive

Hankelow with Woore: At Hankelow: Morning service by local arrangement
At Woore: Spring Harvest Festival at 2.30pm – see below

AMC Book Group – The next meeting will be this Thursday 15 May at 2.30pm in the small room at AMC. The chosen book is 'God of Surprises' by Gerard Hughes. This is a much reprinted book and has been described as one of the great books of spiritual guidance, with practical wisdom and humanity. New friends always welcome.

At Woore Methodist chapel on Sunday 18th May at 2:30 pm a Spring Harvest Festival: "Thanksgiving for the Lambs"led by James Butters. Come and meet some real lambs and see a display of spring fields created by the UFO (Knit and Natter) group.

We are looking forward to hosting the various Music Festival acts over the end of May Bank Holiday weekend for the third year running.
During the afternoons of each day we will be providing refreshments. We would appreciate volunteers to make traybakes etc and/or to help serve the refreshments. Please sign the list in the Hall if you can help in any way.

AMC will be hosting a number of acts during the Music Festival weekend from 24 to 26 May.
Saturday 24 May:
2pm Moonlight Serenade, a 6 piece band playing music from the 30's & 40's era
including many Glenn Miller numbers.
4pm Meg Lee, one of the North West's most popular contemporary jazz singers'
Sunday 25 May:
2pm Sandbach Ukelele Band for a lively hour of music from their 1000+ songbook.
3.40pm The Hank Bros – a charming multi-instrument quartet playing classic American country music

Monday 26 May:
3.30 pm Sale Gilbert & Sullivan Society, who will be joined by Alistair Donkin, D'Oyly Carte patter man for many years.

Friday afternoon teas weekly at Hankelow are pausing over the summer months. They will restart in September.

ENCOUNTERED – Meeting God in Ordinary Places. Zoom Bible studies with Crewe by Farndon
Chapel on Wednesdays from 8pm fortnightly (45 minutes). Commenced Wednesday 7 May.
If you just want to sit and listen – it's for you
If you want to ask questions – it's for you
If you want to discuss – it's for you
Led by Rev Malcolm Lorimer – email: maxcricket@btinternet.com for a link.

St John's Methodist Church, Whitchurch present a series of FREE midday concerts in May;
Friday 16 May – Music & Stories with Bill Webb followed by Whitchurch Junior Academy Children's Choir.
Friday 23 May- The Tithe Recorder Ensemble followed by The Trigelows (Helen, Rachel & Vic).
Friday 30 May – Whitchurch Singers, singing popular songs from the 60's & 70's, plus a monologue
by Graham Turner, a piano solo by Maurice Posniak and a solo from Stephen Price.

Following the concerts your donations will be gratefully accepted and a ploughman's lunch will be served
In the Guild room.